《Polio》是美國學者Daniel J. Wilson於2009年出版的醫學紀實著作，隸屬於“Biographies of Disease”系列。該書以脊髓灰質炎為研究對象，梳理了從19世紀病毒發現至20世紀全球大流行期間人類對抗該疾病的歷史進程。
全書從醫學科學、社會動員與個體經驗三個維度展開分析。一方面系統呈現病毒防治的技術突破，包括疫苗研發關鍵節點與流行病學案例；另一方面探討疾病對美國公共衛生體系的影響，如慈善機構“March of Dimes”的興起及康復醫學體系的發展。通過患者案例揭示了疾病對身心造成的長期創傷，並分析公共衛生危機應對機制的演變。結尾延伸至21世紀初在西非、南亞等地實施的脊髓灰質炎根除計畫，展現全球協作的疾病防控實踐。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Polio
- 作者：Wilson, Daniel J
- 出版時間：2009年9月
- 頁數：171 頁
- ISBN：9780313358975
- 定價：50.85 美元
內容簡介
This new title in the Biographies of Disease series offers a thorough examination of medical and scientific efforts to battle polio, from the 19th-century identification of the virus to the great 20th-century epidemics, from the unprecedented campaign to find a vaccine to recent efforts to confront polio in West Africa and South Asia and eliminate it entirely. Beyond the science, "Polio" looks at the effects of the disease on individuals and the United States as a whole. The book gives readers a sense of what it was like to have polio and to recover from it. It also describes how the search for answers to polio led to the rise of one of America's premier medical charities-the March of Dimes-and how modern physical therapy practices emerged alongside the polio epidemics of the 20th century。
